#  Mar 1: Panel Discussion: World Religions Through Their Scriptures 

 



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 **March 1, 2016** 

 05:30PM - 07:00PM EST 

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 **HDS Sperry Room (Andover Hall). 45 Francis Ave.**  



 

 



 

Professors Asani and Cohen participate in this panel discussion.

Tuesday, March 1, 5:30pm. ~~ HDS Sperry Room (Andover Hall)

What do scriptures of major religions really say? What interpretations rise to prominence in a given historical or cultural moment? Which decline, and why? Who gets to interpret what scriptures mean? How do communities of faith negotiate differences within their own traditions?

Join [a panel of distinguished professors](http://hds.harvard.edu/news/public-events-calendar?trumbaEmbed=view=event&eventid=117881728) as they discuss their new HDS/HarvardX online course “[World Religions Through Their Scriptures](https://www.edx.org/xseries/world-religions-through-scriptures#courses).”

The course instructors and panelists are: Diane Moore, Senior Lecturer on Religious Studies and Education and director of the Religious Literacy Project; Karen King, Hollis Professor of Divinity; Charles Hallisey, Yehan Numata Senior Lecturer on Buddhist Literatures; **Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures; Shaye Cohen, Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy**; and Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, Associate Professor of South Asian Studies, Wellesley College.

The discussion takes place Tuesday, March 1, at 5:30 pm, in the Sperry Room, Andover Hall. HDS’s second massive open online course launches online March 1. [Registration](https://www.edx.org/xseries/world-religions-through-scriptures#courses) is now open.



 

 



 

 

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